Lightroom for mobile: I want to decide if and when I sync photos taken in the app. Please give me a switch to turn off sync.

I take photos on my iPhone and I want to chose 1 to edit and then post where I chose. I do not want to auto sync every photo I take with the app. I have to put my phone in airplane mode to stop this process. Otherwise my slow DSL upload is all clogged up by this app uploading everything I take. Please give me a switch to disable the auto sync on the iphone.

Any photos in the Lightroom app will sync, but the switch in the Preferences should stop them being automatically added. How long ago did you disable that switch, and are new photos still being added to the Lightroom app?

That's great Blake, but I'm trying to understand exactly what change is required (since the engineers will need to know that information). So the question is, are photos still being automatically added to Lightroom mobile even though the switch is set not to do so (bug - higher priority) or is this simply a request for selective sync (feature request).

This is the problem - the app assumes that if its connected toy a wifi then there is. Unlimited data. However there are many reasons (like teathering an ipad to a phone whilst abroad) that a wifi will not be unlimited. Therefore it is important to be able to switch of syncing in the iOS version until a point in time (or connection) where the user is happy to sync. You have allowed for mobile data that is intrinsic to a device but have not allowed for those that use mobile data via other means.

That's a slightly different request Julie (a pause button for sync, vs. this request for selective sync). If you'd like to open it as a separate thread, I'd be very pleased to vote on it, as the tethering scenario is one I run in to frequently too.

I most definitely also need this. It's so silly that EVERY photo gets synced. Some are photos I want to work on in Lightroom CC on my desktop, but some are just snapshots. And like the OP, the sync--the very slow sync--completely destroys my internet to where I can barely even bring up a web page. And this is on high-speed cable.

If you cannot do selective photo syncing, at least you could give us a On/Off or Pause, so that the syncing does not start as soon as I get into Wifi, with not control on my end.

I agree, the app works far better than the native photo app on an iPhone, but I to have limited internet bandwidth and would like a local wifi sync directly to Lightroom desktop or a tethered method. I can get the photos off with iTunes but a streamlined workflow would be nice.

This is the problem - the app assumes that if its connected to a wifi then there is. Unlimited data. However there are many reasons (like teathering an ipad to a phone whilst abroad) that a wifi will not be unlimited. Therefore it is important to be able to switch of syncing in the iOS version until a point in time (or connection) where the user is happy to sync. You have allowed for mobile data that is intrinsic to a device but have not allowed for those that use mobile data via other means. All it needs is a pause sync button - just like the desktop version

I am traveling abroad and have a wifi Hotspot with limited data. This means I cannot use the built in camera app to capture raw files since every single one is uploaded. I already have auto add turned off.

Exactly as everyone else said. this is Lightroom MOBILE, e.g, one would assume it is used for travel. When you travel you don't always have fast or affordable internet. I would have thought this was a total no brainer.

I've actually stopped using LR for Mobile. And I love it, other than this HUGE problem. If and when it's changed, I'll come back to using it. But it's apparent that this request is falling on deaf ears.

I just embarked on a trip with a new Ipad and a new user of Lr mobile thinking that this would be the perfect workflow solution for me. Then I quickly run into this issue. What a ridiculous fault in the software and the reluctance to fix it difficult to comprehend. Uninstalling.

I don't think they are AWARE of what the problem is. Rikk's post above seems to indicate they don't I can't imagine the designers would think not being able to turn sync off was a good idea. I pretty much gave up on using Mobile a while back but still check any new updates.

This issue is gruesome. I am currently traveling and only have access to very slow wifi. Not being able to switch off the auto-sync in Lightroom Mobile has rendered my iPad Pro almost useless. This should be a stop-everything-and-fix this priority for the Adobe Lightroom Mobile team.

To be fair, there's a big difference between "not interested" and "not yet considered the highest priority". They're not sat twiddling their thumbs purposely ignoring requests, but like everything in life, priority decisions have to be made.

(To be clear, I fully support the need for a pause sync button too- I run into the same issue)